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How to design for social ecological cities? 

Saturday 4th of Februar, time 13-16Address: RealSpace, Pursimiehenkatu 13What are social ecological cities and how to design them? This event explores the common goal of designing cities with focus on humanity, society and human relation to nature and the environment.

The speakers of the event will provide different viewpoints of the interdisciplinary intersection of urban design, landscape architecture, sociology, ecology and behavioral sciences and present inspiring case-examples of urban design and placemaking in which the city is first and foremost a place for humanity and an exemplary example of a new environmental balance. The event consists of inspiring presentations and a panel discussion with a special guest from the Netherlands: Robbert Jan van der Veen, Founder ECHO Urban Design and lecturer in TU Delft. The goal of the event is to share international expert insights and together explore new ideas and approaches for social, ecological, sustainable and caring cities. A blog article will be published about the key findings after the event.  

The event also includes a short workshop with a walk in Punavuori district and experimenting with Urbanist.ai. The workshop is a chance to exchange ideas and try out different approaches presented during the talks. Robbert Jan van der Veen is lead designer at ECHO urban design Rotterdam and lecturer at TU Delft. He is the author of the book New Urban Design Guide (published in 2023, Birkhauser) and is known as a designer of projects such as ZOHO Rotterdam, Happy Days Zoetermeer, Esplanade Almere, Manufacture Lausanne, LEZ Zurich and Gaswerkareal Bern. Robbert Jan won the 2020 laureate 40 under 40, Next New Talented Generation of European Architects and Designers.Other speakers include: Päivi Raivio, urban designer, placemaker, founder of Parkly & RaivioBumannIlkka Törmä, architect, urban designer and researcher, writer at OutlinesFernando Gutierrez, researcher and tutor at the Bartlett University College London

Timo Hämäläinen, urban geographer and urbanist, writer at UrbanFinlandDamiano Cerrone, urbanist, SpinUnit & UrbanistAI

The event is part of Architecture and Design Days 2022 and it is organised by RaivioBumann with the support from the Netherlands Embassy. The event is hosted by RealSpace & SpinUnit. Registration by 29th of January by email: paivi@raiviobumann.com The capacity of the event is 40 participants. The language of the event is English.
Best regards and on behalf of the organisers, Päivi

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